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三番叟の帽子に翁の面の男と若い女
Dancer with Okina Mask and Sanbasô Hat, and Female Partner
三番叟の帽子に翁の面の男と若い女
Attributed to: Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Attributed to: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Attributed to: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770 (Meiwa 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 18 × 23.7 cm (7 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.314.19
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Uhlenbeck & Winkel, eds., Japanese Erotic Fantasies (exh. cat., 2006), #23b
DescriptionThe handscroll numbered RES.09.314.1 to .19 contains:
Set of eleven hand-colored horizontal ôban prints by Sugimura Jihei; the print numbered 8 in the Izzard catalogue is missing.
On the back of the first three prints, two double-page spreads from books, two horizontal chûban by Harunobu, and four small erotic prints, plus drawings of decorative motifs (probably used as recycled paper).
Set of eleven hand-colored horizontal ôban prints by Sugimura Jihei; the print numbered 8 in the Izzard catalogue is missing.
On the back of the first three prints, two double-page spreads from books, two horizontal chûban by Harunobu, and four small erotic prints, plus drawings of decorative motifs (probably used as recycled paper).
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)